Garifuna children's language shame

Ethnic stereotypes, national affiliation, and transnational immigration as factors in language choice in southern Belize

Bibliographic Data

ID2879080
AuthorsDonna M Bonner (Maryknoll Medical Center, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume30
Issue1
Pages81-96
Publication date2001-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage in Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-4045 • E-ISSN: 1469-8013
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s004740450100104x
OpenAlexW2060560460
LanguageEN
Citations received22
References cited24

This article explores the effects of ethnic stereotypes, demographic shifts, and nationalism on language choice in the town of Dangriga, Belize. Dangriga was founded during the nineteenth century by members of an ethnic minority of West African and Native American heritage, known as the Garinagu or Garifuna. Today, it is a multilingual and multiethnic town populated primarily by Garinagu, Belizean Creoles, and both native-born and foreign-born Spanish speakers. In this context, language choice is in part a question of affiliation with a variety of ethnic and national identities. This article examines the manner in which ethnic and national stereotypes and images, as well as current demographic shifts in the Belizean population, affect language choice in multilingual contexts. Particular attention is paid to the position of young Garinagu vis-à-vis the Garifuna language and Belizean English Creole

Archaeology · Context (archaeology) · Creole language · Ethnic group · Ethnology · First language · Geography · Immigration · Language shift · Linguistics · National language · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Population · Shame · Sociology · Anthropology · Demography · Gender Studies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies

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